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ABC – Activity-Based Cost Accounting
ABM – Activity-Based Management
AIPA – American Inventors Protection Act
ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations
ATO – Authority to operate
BPAI – Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
C&A – Certification and accreditation
CEAR – Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting
EAST – Examiner Automated Search System
EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
EPO – European Patent Office
FAS – Foreign Agricultural Service
FASAB – Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FFMIA – Federal Financial Management Improvement Act
FMFIA – Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act
FTA – Free Trade Agreement
FY – Fiscal year
GI – Geographical indication
GPRA – Government Performance and Results Act
GSA – General Services Administration
IFW – Image File Wrapper
IG – Inspector General
IIPI – International Intellectual Property Institute
IP – Intellectual property
IPR – Intellectual property rights
IT – Information technology
JCCT – Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
JPO – Japan Patent Office
KSA – Knowledge, skills, and abilities
OACS – Office Action Correspondence System
OBRA – Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
OHIM – Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
OHR – Office of Human Resources
OIG – Office of the Inspector General
OMB – Office of Management and Budget
OPF – Official Personnel Files
OPM – Office of Personnel Management
PAIR – Patent Application Information Retrieval
PALM – Patent Application Location and Monitoring
PAR – Performance and accountability report
PCT – Patent Cooperation Treaty
PMA – President's Management Agenda
S&T – Science and technology
SCCRR – Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
SCP – Standing Committee on the Law of Patents
SFFAC – Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Concepts
SFFAS – Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards
TC – Technology Centers
TEAS – Trademark Electronic Application System
TLT – Trademark Law Treaty
TRAM – Trademark Reporting And Monitoring
TRIPs – Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
TTAB – Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
U.S.C. – United States Code
UDRP – Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
UPR – Utility, Plant, and Reissue
USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
USTR – United States Trade Representative
WCT – WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
WPPT – WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
WTO – World Trade Organization |
